It was a good night on Monday night to be a Washington Capitals fan. Matthew Phillips scored his first NHL goal. Spencer Carbery got his first NHL win. Evgeny Kuznetsov dazzled us in the shootout. And Darcy Kuemper made his newborn son proud.
Don’t let a sellout streak ending fool you. The Caps showed up and the just over 16K that were there got to see a good contest.
If you want to see the recap click here. If you want to see how I graded the offense click here. There’s a link to the top 3 studs on slide three.
We’ve got one more breakdown before we shift our focus to tomorrow’s game in Ottawa. Presenting the good, the bad and the ugly.
We start with the bad:
The Bad: Alex Ovechkin taking too long to shoot the puck
Wow I can’t believe I’m doing this again. Everyone that knows me personally and has read my work over the years knows how much I love Alex Ovechkin. I still do.
At the end of overtime he kind of took too long to shoot the puck. Too much stick work when everyone in the whole arena was yelling SHOOT! Just rip that thing in so we don’t have to go through another shootout next time.